Lachie Weller

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Lachie Weller
Lachie Weller 2018.1.jpg
Weller playing for Gold Coast in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Lachie Weller
Date of birth (1996-02-23) 23 February 1996 (age 28)
Original team(s) Southport (NEAFL)/Broadbeach Cats/Burnie Dockers
Draft No. 13, 2014 national draft
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Gold Coast
Number 14
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2015–2017 Fremantle 47 (17)
2018– Gold Coast 95 (30)
Total142 (47)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2020 All Stars 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Lachlan Weller (born 23 February 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club from 2015 to 2017.

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Personal life

Originally from Burnie in Tasmania, Weller moved to Gold Coast in Queensland at age 15 (2011) with his family, when his brother Maverick was playing for the Gold Coast Football Club. Lachie then joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy, but did not qualify as a priority selection due to not fulfilling the length of residence requirements. [1] During this time, he completed his schooling commitments at All Saints Anglican School on the Gold Coast and played junior football for Broadbeach as well as Southport. [2] He was drafted by Fremantle with their first selection, number 13 overall, in the 2014 AFL draft. [3]

AFL career

Weller playing for Fremantle in March 2016 LachieWellerMarch2016.JPG
Weller playing for Fremantle in March 2016

After playing well for Peel Thunder Football Club in the West Australian Football League, Weller made his debut in round 18 of the 2015 AFL season against Greater Western Sydney. [4] At the conclusion of the 2017 AFL season, after playing 47 games for Fremantle, Weller requested a trade to Gold Coast, subsequently being traded, along with pick 41 in the 2017 AFL draft for pick 2. [5]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2024 [6]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2015 Fremantle 14300141731770.00.04.75.710.32.32.30
2016 Fremantle 1422121017116934055720.60.47.87.715.42.53.32
2017 Fremantle 14225425818444189530.20.211.78.420.14.02.40
2018 Gold Coast 14224825817543393570.20.411.78.019.74.22.63
2019 Gold Coast 14172522714837581470.10.313.48.722.14.82.80
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Gold Coast 141712316112528639480.70.29.57.416.82.32.81
2021 Gold Coast 14137313710424171450.50.210.58.018.55.53.40
2022 Gold Coast 1411321616422548170.30.214.65.820.54.41.54
2023 Gold Coast 149021385619461150.00.215.36.221.66.81.72
2024 Gold Coast 14623623810018180.30.510.36.316.73.03.0
Career14247401586108026665623780.30.311.27.618.84.02.712

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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References

  1. ↑ Twomey, Callum (29 October 2014). "29 days to the draft: Meet Lachie Weller".
  2. ↑ Twomey, Callum (11 November 2014). "Model prospect: Lachie Weller steps up on the footy ground and steps out for the cameras".
  3. ↑ Quartermaine, Braden (27 November 2014). "Fremantle Dockers spring draft surprise by taking Lachie Weller, while West Coast Eagles snare Liam Duggan". PerthNow.
  4. ↑ Duffield, Mark (31 July 2015). "Freo select teens in squad to face Giants". The West Australian.
  5. ↑ Rynne, Nick (16 October 2017). "Docker Weller requests move to Suns". PerthNow. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Lachie Weller". AFL Tables. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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